Open Access (OA) and Scholarly Communication at the University of California
Scholarly research publications and their distribution models are changing — and the University of California and its scholars have been both drivers and beneficiaries of these exciting transformations in recent years. This site is a resource for UC faculty, researchers, students and staff who want to learn more about:
- University of California open access policies
- Open access publishing support @ UC
- Benefits of and tools for openly sharing research data
- Changing models of peer review, evaluation metrics, and publication funding
- Current issues in scholarly communication via the OSC blog
Recent Posts
CDL signs letter of support for Immediate Open Access to Federally Funded Research
January 17, 2020
This letter represents US publishing organizations who support a potential White House Executive Order for immediate Open Access to federally funded research and directly addresses some of the priorUC Response to Publisher Letter Opposing Immediate Open Access to Federally Funded Research
January 8, 2020
Ivy Anderson and Jeff MacKie-Mason, who co-chair the team overseeing UC’s publisher negotiations strategy, have provided the following response to a recent open letter in which a number ofStatement from the UC Libraries in support of MIT’s Framework for Publisher Contracts
December 17, 2019
The University of California Libraries are pleased to announce their support of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s recently released Framework for Publisher Contracts, intended to guideChanges are here: Publishing open access journal articles with Cambridge University Press
December 16, 2019
Starting in 2020, the University of California’s system for open access publishing with Cambridge University Press will be fully in effect, under the transformative open access agreement firstUniversity of California statement on Carnegie Mellon University’s transformative open access agreement with Elsevier
November 21, 2019
Jeff MacKie-Mason and Ivy Anderson, who co-chair the team overseeing UC’s publisher negotiations strategy, issued the below statement today (Nov. 21) following Carnegie Mellon University’s
As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier.
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